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Indian willow grows on the host
Indian willow
plant to gain nutrients and water
from it. This interaction is harmful to
the host and it can eventually cause
the branch of the host plant to die.
Describe the types of
symbiosis among plants.
Give examples.
host plant
The Importance of Interaction Among
Living Things to the Ecosystem
Why do living things need to interact with each other?
Interaction in the form of competition and prey-predator can control
the population of organisms in a habitat.
The rat population
in oil palm
plantations can
be controlled with
the presence of
predators such as
owls. owl
oil palm plantation
The living things in an ecosystem interact with one another
to ensure the survival of their species.
water weeds tadpoles small fish large fish
In a pond, the large fish depend on the small fish to ensure the
survival of their species. How do the small fish and the tadpoles
ensure the survival of their species?
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